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Vietnam, China boost military ties
The armies of Vietnam and China have agreed to strengthen activities to
boost the friendship between the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) and the
People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) in the coming years.
They reached the consensus during talks in Beijing between a high-level
military delegation from the VPA led by Deputy Minister of National Defence
and VPA's Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Le Van Dung and a
high-level delegation from the PLA headed by Chief of General Staff Senior
Lieutenant General Fu Quanyou.
The talks took place during an official visit to China from October 22-29
by the Vietnamese delegation as guests of Senior Lieutenant General Fu
Quanyou.
The two sides informed each other of the politico-economic and
socio-cultural situation in their respective countries and discussed issues
of common concern. They were glad to see that Vietnam's renovation process
and China's open-door reforms have led the way to great achievements in
recent years, and that the friendship and co-operation between the two
countries' peoples and armies have also been consolidated and developed.
The Vietnamese delegation was received by Politburo member of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) and Deputy Director of the CPC Central Military
Commission Senior Lieutenant General Zhang Wannian.
Mr Zhang welcomed the Vietnamese delegation's visit, which, he hoped, would
contribute to strengthening the solidarity and friendship between the two
armies and peoples, and to maintaining peace and stability in the region
and the world.
While in Beijing, the Vietnamese delegation paid floral tributes to fallen
combatants at their memorial and to President Mao Zedong, the great leader
of the Chinese people and a close friend of the Vietnamese people.
The delegation toured a number of LPA units, historical, cultural and
economic establishments in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
The Vietnamese guests also visited historic relics on Wen Ming road in
Guangzhou city where President Ho Chi Minh founded and trained
revolutionary Vietnamese people in the Revolutionary Youth Association, the
predecessor of the Communist Party of Vietnam. (VNA)
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New hydro-electric power complex to plug
into national grid
Water receiving gate of Da Mi plant.
Ninety percent of the work on the Ham Thuan - Da Mi hydro electric power
complex in the central province of Binh Thuan is complete.
The project, the third largest of its kind in Vietnam comprises two hydro
electric power plants, Ham Thuan and Da Mi, which are 10 kilometres far
apart and located on the upper reaches of the La Nga river. It will have
a total capacity of 475 MW and will capacity of 175 MW while the Ham
Thuan plant, 300 MW.
The project has a total capital of US $650 million. Eighty five percent
of the capital is Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the Japanese
Government, channelled through the Overseas Economic Co-operation Fun
(OECF), and the remainder comes from Electricity of Vietnam.
The Ham Thuan-Da Mi hydro electric power complex was the first
electricity project in Vietnam to be open to international bidding. It is
being built by major international contractors, including Meada-Tomen of
Japan and Ssang Yong of the Republic of Korea, and Vietnamese
sub-contractors (Construction Corporations 1 and 4, Song Da Construction
Corporation, the Lung Lo Construction Company, and Locogi Company under
the Construction Ministry).
Construction of main dams, auxiliary dams, spillways and discharge
structures has already been completed. Reservoirs for the plants have
begun filling and water levels have nearly reached target levels (325
metres for the Da Mi plant and 605 metres for the Ham Thuan plant). The
spillway have been operational since August and the installation of
equipment at the two plants' operation centres is complete.
The first two turbines of the plants should be operational by the end of
the first quarter of next year and the remaining two, by the end of the
second quarter. (VNA)
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